Rajgir Peace Pagoda
| temple, interesting place
India /
Bihar /
Rajgir /
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World / India / Bihar / Nalanda
temple, pagoda, interesting place
Chùa Nhâ.t Ban²
Completed by Nipponzan Myohoji monks in 1969 at Rajgir, India, near the site where the Buddha is believed to have preached the Lotus Sutra. The opening coincided with the 100th anniversary of the birth of Mahatma Gandhi. The site includes a Nipponzan Myohoji Temple. “Pandit Jawaharlala Nehru [1889-1964] laid the foundation stone of first Shanti Stupa in Bihar state at Rajgir.” Built in marble on a 400 meter hill reached by an aerial ropeway. The four shining statues of Buddha are on the four sides of the stupa.
Completed by Nipponzan Myohoji monks in 1969 at Rajgir, India, near the site where the Buddha is believed to have preached the Lotus Sutra. The opening coincided with the 100th anniversary of the birth of Mahatma Gandhi. The site includes a Nipponzan Myohoji Temple. “Pandit Jawaharlala Nehru [1889-1964] laid the foundation stone of first Shanti Stupa in Bihar state at Rajgir.” Built in marble on a 400 meter hill reached by an aerial ropeway. The four shining statues of Buddha are on the four sides of the stupa.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace_Pagoda#Rajgir.2C_India
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Coordinates: 25°0'16"N 85°26'40"E
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